Pediatric appendix perforation rate at children's hospital during COVID-19 pandemic

What The Study Did: This observational study assessed the rate of appendix perforations during the COVID-19 pandemic at a children's hospital compared with 2019.

Authors: Rick Place, M.D., M.H.A., of Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27948)

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